Introduction
Reacher is an American crime thriller television series based on the book series Jack Reacher by Lee Child (see films 2012 and 2016).
Jack Reacher was arrested for murder and now the police need his help.
Outline
Series 01
When retired Military Police Officer Jack Reacher is arrested for a murder he did not commit, he finds himself in the middle of a deadly conspiracy full of dirty cops, shady businessmen and scheming politicians. With nothing but his wits, he must figure out what is happening in Margrave, Georgia.
The eight-episode first season is based on Killing Floor, Child’s 1997 debut novel.
Series 02
In series 02, Reacher is contacted by a former member of his defunct MP unit from New York City when one of their own is murdered under mysterious circumstances. He reassembles his old team to find the murderers and avenge their friend.
Cast
- Main:
- Alan Ritchson as Jack Reacher.
- Maxwell Jenkins as Young Reacher (season 1).
- Malcolm Goodwin as Oscar Finlay (season 1; guest season 2), Margrave PD Police Captain and Chief Detective
- Willa Fitzgerald as Roscoe Conklin (season 1), Margrave PD Sergeant
- Chris Webster as KJ Kliner (season 1), the entitled son of Kliner Sr. who is assisting his father’s criminal operation
- Bruce McGill as Mayor Grover Teale (season 1), a crooked politician in league with the Kliner family
- Maria Sten as Frances Neagley, a corporate security professional who served with Reacher in the 110th Special Investigations Unit as a Master Sergeant
- Serinda Swan as Karla Dixon (season 2), forensic accountant in corporate risk management, who served with Reacher in the 110th Special Investigations Unit
- Shaun Sipos as David O’Donnell (season 2), a lawyer with a family, who served with Reacher in the 110th Special Investigations Unit
- Ferdinand Kingsley as A.M. (season 2), a seasoned mercenary traveling under multiple assumed identities
- Robert Patrick as Shane Langston (season 2), a former NYPD detective who is now head of security for a private defence contractor
- Alan Ritchson as Jack Reacher.
- Recurring:
- Willie C. Carpenter as Mosley (season 1), an elderly barber and longtime resident of Margrave
- Harvey Guillén as Jasper (season 1), Margrave’s medical examiner
- Maxwell Jenkins as young Jack Reacher (season 1)
- Gavin White and Christopher Russell as Joe Reacher (season 1), a Secret Service agent and Reacher’s older brother. White plays young Joe and Russell portrays the character as an adult.
- Leslie Fray as Josephine Reacher (season 1), Reacher’s mother
- Matthew Marsden as Stan Reacher (season 1), Reacher’s father
- Hugh Thompson as Baker (season 1), a corrupt Margrave officer on Kliner’s payroll
- Jonathan Koensgen as Stevenson (season 1), a Margrave officer and Paul Hubble’s cousin
- AJ Simmons as Dawson (season 1), Kliner’s nephew who works as a hitman and enforcer for his uncle’s crime operation
- Marc Bendavid as Paul Hubble (season 1), a banker strong-armed into assisting the Kliner counterfeiting ring
- Patrick Garrow as Taylor Spivey (season 1), a corrupt corrections officer paid off by Kliner to kill Hubble.
- Kristin Kreuk as Charlene “Charlie” Hubble (season 1), Paul’s wife
- Currie Graham as Kliner Sr. (season 1), the owner of Kliner Industries who is secretly fronting an illegal counterfeiting operation for South American cartel outfits.
- Martin Roach as Picard (season 1), an FBI agent and old friend of Finlay’s who is later revealed to be working with the Kliner crime operation.
- Domenick Lombardozzi as Gaitano ‘Guy’ Russo (season 2), an NYPD detective investigating Franz’s murder
- Andres Collantes as Jorge Sanchez (season 2), who served with Reacher in the 110th Special Investigations Unit, killed off-screen prior to Season 2
- Edsson Morales as Manuel Orozco (season 2), who served with Reacher in the 110th Special Investigations Unit, killed off-screen prior to Season 2
- Luke Bilyk as Calvin Franz (season 2), who served with Reacher in the 110th Special Investigations Unit, killed off-screen prior to Season 2
- Shannon Kook as Tony Swan (season 2), working as Assistant Director of Security, who served with Reacher in the 110th Special Investigations Unit
- Dean McKenzie as Stanley Lowrey (season 2), who served with Reacher in the 110th Special Investigations Unit.
- Guest:
- Lara Jean Chorostecki as Molly Beth Gordon, a Secret Service agent who was involved with Joe Reacher
- Lochlyn Munro as David Wright, a Chief of Security of the Neptune Casino in Atlantic City where he is acquainted with Reacher
Production
Development
On 15 July 2019, a TV series adaptation of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series was announced by Amazon. Nick Santora, who created Scorpion, was set to write, showrun, and produce the series through Paramount Television and Skydance Media. On 14 January 2020, the TV series was greenlit, with Don Granger, Scott Sullivan, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Marcy Ross, and Christopher McQuarrie as executive producers with Child. The first season was announced as an adaptation of Child’s novel Killing Floor. In July 2021, it was announced M. J. Bassett had joined the series as a director. On February 7, 2022, Amazon Prime Video renewed the series for a second season. To adapt the books to screen the writers decided they would need to make Reacher verbalise his thoughts more often, but that they would keep his dialogue short and direct and have him only speak longer to people he respects. They also decided to introduce Neagley to the series earlier than in the books. On 02 December 2023, ahead of the second-season premiere, Amazon Prime Video renewed the series for a third season.
Casting
On 04 September 2020, Alan Ritchson was cast in the title role. On 22 March 2021, Malcolm Goodwin, Willa Fitzgerald, and Chris Webster were cast as series regulars. On 19 May 2021, Bruce McGill, Maria Sten, and Hugh Thompson joined the main cast. On 11 June 2021, Kristin Kreuk, Marc Bendavid, Willie C. Carpenter, Currie Graham, Harvey Guillén, and Maxwell Jenkins were announced to have joined the cast in undisclosed capacities.
On 14 September 2022, Shaun Sipos joined as a series regular for the second season. On 21 September 2022, Serinda Swan, Ferdinand Kingsley, and Rory Cochrane joined the main cast while Domenick Lombardozzi, Luke Bilyk, Dean McKenzie, Edsson Morales, Andres Collantes, Shannon Kook, Ty Olsson, Josh Blacker, and Al Sapienza are set to guest star for the second season. Swan and Lombardozzi already starred in Santora’s Breakout Kings in 2011. On 05 May 2023, Robert Patrick was cast to replace Cochrane who left due to a scheduling conflict with the second season.
Filming
A temporary townscape was built in North Pickering, Ontario to support filming of season 1. The entire fictional city of Margrave was built from the ground up in a leased farm field in Ontario. Other areas of filming include Toronto, Port Perry and Pickering. Principal shooting of season 1 took place between 15 April and 30 July 2021, in Toronto. During filming, Ritchson broke a bone in his shoulder which required surgery and tore an abdominal muscle during a fight scene. Filming for the third season was underway by December 2023, announced as part of the season three renewal.
Release
The series was released on 04 February 2022. The first three episodes of the second season were released on 15 December 2023, with one additional episode being released each week through 19 January 2024.
Viewership
Reacher was the most streamed television series for the week of 07-13 February 2022, according to the Nielsen streaming rankings – the first Amazon production to achieve the feat.
Jack Reacher Series
- Series 01 (2022):
- Episode 01: Welcome to Margrave.
- Episode 02: First Dance.
- Episode 03: Spoonful.
- Episode 04: In a Tree.
- Episode 05: No Apologies.
- Episode 06: Papier.
- Episode 07: Reacher Said Nothing.
- Episode 08: Pie.
- Series 02 (2023-2024):
- Episode 01: ATM.
- Episode 02: What Happens in Atlantic City.
- Episode 03: Picture Says a Thousand Words.
- Episode 04: A Night at the Symphony.
- Episode 05: Burial.
- Episode 06: New York’s Finest.
- Episode 07: The Man Goes Through.
- Episode 08: Fly Boy.
- Series 03 (?Q3/4 2024):
- Episode 01:
- Episode 02:
- Episode 03:
- Episode 04:
- Episode 05:
- Episode 06:
- Episode 07:
- Episode 08:
You can find a full index and overview of the Jack Reacher films and TV series here.
Production & Filming Details
- Director(s):
- Sam Hill … (3 episodes, 2022-2023)
- Omar Madha … (3 episodes, 2022-2023)
- Carol Banker … (2 episodes, 2023-2024)
- Julian Holmes … (2 episodes, 2024)
- Norberto Barba … (1 episode, 2022)
- M.J. Bassett … (1 episode, 2022)
- Christine Moore … (1 episode, 2022)
- Lin Oeding … (1 episode, 2022)
- Stephen Surjik … (1 episode, 2022)
- Thomas Vincent … (1 episode, 2022)
- Producer(s):
- Lee Child … executive producer (16 episodes, 2022-2024)
- David Ellison … executive producer (16 episodes, 2022-2024)
- Dana Goldberg … executive producer (16 episodes, 2022-2024)
- Don Granger … executive producer (16 episodes, 2022-2024)
- Marcy Ross … executive producer (16 episodes, 2022-2024)
- Nick Santora … executive producer / executive producer (16 episodes, 2022-2024)
- Scott Sullivan … executive producer (16 episodes, 2022-2024)
- Paula Wagner … executive producer (16 episodes, 2022-2024)
- Agatha Warren … producer (16 episodes, 2022-2024)
- Sam Hill … co-executive producer (15 episodes, 2022-2024)
- Bill Bost … executive producer (8 episodes, 2022)
- Christopher McQuarrie … executive producer (8 episodes, 2022)
- Aadrita Mukerji … producer (8 episodes, 2022)
- Sean Ryerson … co-executive producer (8 episodes, 2022)
- Thomas Vincent … executive producer (8 episodes, 2022)
- Penny Cox … producer (8 episodes, 2023-2024)
- Adam Higgs … executive producer (8 episodes, 2023-2024)
- Lisa Kussner … consulting producer (8 episodes, 2023-2024)
- Derek Rappaport … consulting producer / producer (8 episodes, 2023-2024)
- Matt Thunell … executive producer (8 episodes, 2023-2024)
- Writer(s):
- Lee Child … (based on ‘Bad Luck and Trouble’ and his character, Jack Reacher by) (8 episodes, 2023-2024)
- Lee Child … (based on ‘Killing Floor’ and his character, Jack Reacher by) (7 episodes, 2022)
- Lee Child … (based on ‘Killing Floor’ and character Jack Reacher by) (1 episode, 2022)
- Cait Duffy … (staff writer) (8 episodes, 2022)
- Cait Duffy … (story editor) (8 episodes, 2023-2024)
- Cait Duffy … (written for television by) (3 episodes, 2022-2024)
- Nick Santora … (developed by) (16 episodes, 2022-2024)
- Nick Santora … (written for television by) (3 episodes, 2022-2023)
- Michael J. Gutierrez … (staff writer) (8 episodes, 2023-2024)
- Michael J. Gutierrez … (written for television by) (1 episode, 2024)
- Lillian L Wang … (staff writer) (8 episodes, 2023-2024)
- Lillian L Wang … (written for television by) (1 episode, 2024)
- Scott Sullivan … (written for television by) (6 episodes, 2022-2024)
- Aadrita Mukerji … (written for television by) (2 episodes, 2022)
- Aadrita Mukerji … (producer) (1 episode, 2022)
- Penny Cox … (written for television by) (2 episodes, 2023-2024)
- Music:
- Tony Morales … (16 episodes, 2022-2024)
- Cinematography:
- Michael McMurray … (8 episodes, 2022-2024)
- Ronald Plante … (4 episodes, 2022)
- Bernard Couture … (4 episodes, 2023-2024)
- Editor(s):
- Anthony Miller … (4 episodes, 2022-2024)
- Eric Seaburn … (4 episodes, 2022-2024)
- J.J. Geiger … (4 episodes, 2022-2023)
- Sang Han … (3 episodes, 2022-2024)
- Christopher Donaldson … (1 episode, 2022)
- Production:
- Amazon Studios.
- Blackjack Films Inc.
- Paramount Television.
- Skydance Television.
- Distributor(s):
- Amazon Prime Video (2022) (USA) (video) (VOD).
- Amazon Freevee (2023)
- Release Date:
- Series 01: 04 February 2022 (all eight episodes).
- Series 02: 15 December 2023 to 19 January 2024.
- Rating: 15.
- Running Time: 60 minutes.
- Country: US.
- Language: English.
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